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made prisoner. From general Howe's they marched to Ostin's mill, with a design to surprise major Davis, who commanded a detachment at that place. In this they failed: the major having received intelligence of their landing, by the guard, on their retreat from gene- ral Howe's, moved off with his baggage and two swi- vels in very good order, unperceived by the enemy. They burnt the mills and retreated to the vessels. This invasion produced no other advantage than three horses and two cows.
On the 29th of May, the armament left the river; it consisted of upwards of thirty vessels, without having made any serious attempts against the pro- vince: their design, it was believed. being frustrated by the discomfiture of the forces raised by general McDonald. By the unwillingness of the former re- gulators to join the royal standard, the separation of some of their ships and the loss of eight of their pro- vision vessels, while in the river, they were so dis- tressed for provisions that they killed several horses, on Baldhead, the flesh of which was served to the men. They, however, found some barrels of pork in the county of Onslow, by the assistance of one Gibbs, of New river, and another man called Cruder, with whom governor Martin had kept up a corres- pondence. This was, however, all that the gover- nor could effect, and he found himself deceived in the hope which he had expressed, of being able to command such a force as would be sufficient, with the assistance of a few ships and troops, to keep the inhabitants of the province in awe and submis- sion,
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This second miscarriage damped the spirits of the friends of the royal cause and confirmed the hope which their opponents had entertained, that they would, by their unceasing steadiness, compel the partizans of the crown to abandon the pro- vince, or join in the protection of the glorious cause of liberty.
The fleet made its appearance before the city of Charleston, in the early part of June: it, however, abandoned that station before the end of the month. Their inability to strike a blow animated the hopes and depressed the fears of those who imagined, that the American provinces would not prove able to cope with the forces of the mother country.
While it was expected that the sight of the fleet would strike terror into the minds of the inhabitants of the mar- itime counties, and every possible means was exerted to create dissention and strife in the heart of the pro- vinces; an attack was meditated on the western frontiers. Governor Tonyn of East Florida had requested to be furnished with a small force, at the head of which, rein- forced by the adherents to the British cause in his pro- vince, he proposed to march into the Indian nations, on the borders of Georgia and Carolina. He had no doubt of his ability to engage the red people to spread slaughter, devastation and ruin on the margins of the provinces, while with his force he promised to march into the thicker settlements. The accidental capture of the bearer of his dispatches prevented the success of his scheme. It was not, however, entirely defeated. On the very day the British fieet began to fire on the coast of South Carolina, the Cherokees commenced their in -
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vasions on the unprotected and unsuspecting back settlers.
Early in the month of July, Griffith Rutherford, brig- adier general of the militia of the district of Salisbury, passed the mountains, at the head of nineteen hundred men, while colonel Williamson led a party of the militia of South Carolina against the Cherokees. As general Rutherford crossed the wilderness, parties of Indians, lying in ambush, harrassed him by a galling fire. He however after a short time succeeding in silencing them, ranged the settlement of the enemy undisturbed, laid waste the plantations and destroyed their provisions. This timely chastisement produced the most fortunate effect; most of the Indians surrendered themselves and sued for peace. The more obstinate fled to the pro. vinces of the Floridas, in search of that protection, which was due to them, from their instigators.
During these days of alarm and distress in the south- ern provinces, an important event took place in Phila- delphia. On the seventh of June, the congress received the proposition that the United States were and ought of right to be free and independent, that they were absolved from all allegiance to the British crown, and that all po- litical connexion between them and the state of Great Britain was and ought to be totally dissolved. It was agreed upon, on the second of July, and on the fourth a formal declaration of independence was subscribed by the delegates of all the colonies present.
On the first day of August, the council of safety, sitting in the town of Halifax, caused this joyful event to be proclaimed before them, in the presence of the militia of the county drawn up under arms for that pur- pose, amidst the acclamations and shouts of a larger as-
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semblage of people, than had ever been witnessed in that part of the province .?
Thus ended the royal government in the province of North Carolina, forty eight years after the purchase of the interest of the lord's proprietors; one hundred and thirteen years after the first charter of Charles the second; and one hundred and ninety-two years after the arrival of the first British adventurers at Ocracock.
Governor Martin's administration was a turbulent one. He lacked not the inclination, neither was he ab- solutely deficient in the talents, requisite to have render- ed it otherwise. During the greater part of it, he seems to have found himself too strictly fettered by his instructions, to have been able to do much for the service of the province. In the latter years, he appears to have misconceived the means that might have averted or quel- led the storm. He had formed and communicated to the ministers a wrong idea of his own influence and that of the persons who favored the commotions which ended in the prostration of his authority, and he surely had gained no very intimate knowledge of the temper of the people over whom he presided. His project of arming the slaves would have sullied a reputation ac- quired by a series of years of useful services.
James Hassell, L. H. De Rosset, John Sampson, Alexander M'Cullough, William Dry, Samuel Cornell, Martin Howard, Marmaduke Jones, Sir Nathaniel Duckinfield and Samuel Strudwick sat in council du- ring governor Martin's residence in the province.
Richard Caswell, of the county of Dobbs, and John Harvey, of the county of Perquimans, filled the chair of the lower house, and Martin Howard, the chief judi- cial seat, during that period.
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The population of the province, at the end of the royal government, is imagined to have consisted of little more than one hundred and fifty thousand souls; one fifth of whom were slaves.
The towns of Edenton, Newbern and Wilmington were the only ones to which the appellation could be given, and the most populous of them, Newbern, did not count more than six hundred inhabitants.
Religion was at a low ebb; notwithstanding the pro- vision made by law for one clergyman of the established churgh in every parish, there were not more than six ministers, settled in the province. The presbyterians had nearly an equal number. The quakers had reli- gious establishments in the counties of Perquimans, Pasquotank, Orange, Guilford, Johnston and Carteret. The Moravians or united brethren had six settlements, Salem, Bethabara, Bethania, Friedberg, Frieland and Hope, and the number of persons under the care of this church, in all these, was about five hundred.
There was no regular establishment of any other de- nomination of christians; though the counties were visited by itinerant baptist and methodist preachers.
Litterature was hardly known. There were in the whole province but two schools, the trustees of which had of late been incorporated; those of the towns of Newbern and Edenton. In the first, a wooden building had been erected by the trustees, in which the meetings of the lower house of the legislature were occasionally held.
One of the principal staple commodities of the pro- vince was tobacco. It was principally cultivated in the uper counties, bordering on Virginia, and in the western ones, Indian corn, wheat, peas, beans and potatoes, were
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raised throughout the colony; indigo and rice were planted in the lower counties of the district of Wil- mington. The swamps on the borders of Cape Fear river, were deemed very rich and extremely well calcu- lated for the culture of rice; but the greater part remain- ed undrained for want of people. Cotton was raised on- most of the farms, though, perhaps, not on any for expor- tation, the staple appeared excellent. Ship building was an object of attention, in several parts of the province, large quantities of naval stores and lumber of all kinds were exported yearly. Vast herds of cattle and hogs were raised. Many settlers, in those parts of the coun- try, which lay at a distance from navigable streams, de- pended on the hides of their cattle and barrelled meat. with some corn and potatoes, for the people of their plantations. Those settlements were not, however, very numerous; most of the farms being on the borders of some river or creek, affording the means of inland naviga- tion. The province, however, was greatly deficient in ports, at the mouths of her rivers, which might admit large ships.
The ordinary mode of husbandry was to clear a piece of wood land, a work of but little trouble, the growth of trees being generally thin. This being effected, and the clearing fenced, Indian corn was yearly sown, till the ground ceased to yield a crop sufficient to repay the labor of the sower. In the lower counties, a new piece of ground was now cleared; in the back counties, where the soil was stronger and the climate more temperate, the land was sown with peas or beans one year, and after- wards, for two or three years, with wheat.
In this system of crops, the land was changed as fast as it wore out, fresh pieces cleared, exhausted in succes-
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sion, and left to the spontaneous growth; it was not here, as in England and the northern colonies, where weeds come first and then grass ; the climate was so hot, that, except on rich moist lands, any sort of grass was scarce ; but the fallow, in a few years, became a forest, no climate being more congenial to the quick growth of trees ; if the planter did not return, to culti- vate the land, which, from the great abundance of waste ground, was often the case, the old plantation ceased soon to be distinguishable from the rest of the woods.
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Fruit was in as great abundance, and naturally of as fine a flavour, as in any of the other provinces ; peaches were so plentiful, that vast quantities of them were given to the hogs.
The total exports of the province were valued at one hundred thousand pounds sterling.
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CHAPTER I .- FROM 1729 TO 1734.
The province of Carolina divided; George Burrington ap- pointed governor of North Carolina; his arrival at Edenton; Sir Richard Everard's surrender of the government; sketches of the new governor's instructions; Sir Alexander Cumming sent to conclude a treaty with the neighboring Indians; Dr. Brickell sent by the governor to explore the country towards the mountains; Sir Alexander meets the Cherokee chiefs, who acknowledge their dependence on the king of Great Britain, agree to a treaty, and send six of their chiefs to England; first meeting of the legislature under the authority of the crown; the governor's requisitions disregarded; courts of jus- tice established; arrival of the Cherokee chiefs in England, their reception, treaty concluded with them, their return to Charleston; chief justice Smith, disagreeing with the governor, sails for England; rice allowed to be exported from the Caro- linas to the southern parts of Europe; the governor visits the settlements on Cape Fear river; meets the legislature for the second time; they refuse again to comply with his demands; he dissolves the assembly ; the British American provinces allowed to export non enumerated commodities to Ireland; the manufacture of cordage discouraged; Onslow precinct es- tablished; the province of Georgia settled; the manufacture of hats restrained; lands in the American provinces made liable to sale on executions; Edgecombe and Bladen precincts esta-
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blished; the chief justice returns, and the governor departs; president Rice.
CHAPTER II .- FROM 1734 TO 1744.
Governor Johnston arrives; meets the legislature; paper money emitted; court of exchequer established; the southern provinces alarmed at the approaching rupture between the mother country and France and Spain; governor Oglethorpe fortifies the province of Georgia; a Spanish commissioner comes, and demands the surrender of that colony; governor Johnston meets the legislature; his speech at the opening of the session; he prorogues the legislature; the navigation of British vessels in the American seas obstructed by Spanish guarda costas; statute for the encouragement of British sail cloth manufactures; the legislature meets at Newbern; cir- cuit courts established at Newbern and Newton; office of pro- vost marshal abolished; sheriffs substituted; precincts denomi- nated counties; differences with Spain terminated by treaty; new rupture; letters of marque against the subjects of Spain; the village of Neusen established as a town, under the name of Wilmington, and admitted to representation in the assembly; declaration of war against Spain; admiral Vernon sent to the West Indies; governor Oglethorpe directed to annoy the Spaniards in Florida; forces raised for the purpose in the Carolinas and Virginia; unsuccessful attack of St. Augustine; meeting of the legislature at Edenton; aid granted in specific commodities; great scarcity of currency; commdoities made a tender in payment of taxes; the privileges of British subjects extended by parliament to certain aliens settling in the Ameri- can provinces; bounty on naval stores continued; 400 men sent to reinforce admiral Vernon's troops in the West Indiers; meeting of the legislature at Edenton; town of Johnston esta- blished in Ouston; the province divided into fourteen parishes;
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meeting of the legislature at Wilmington; the county of North Hampton established; the parliament forbids the establishment of banking institutions in the American provinces; the Spaniards make a descent on Georgia; governor Oglethorpe's successful defence; the enemy abandons the colony; the legislature meets at Edenton; provisions made for erecting a magazine in each county; election of members of assembly regulated; parlia- ment continues the bounty on the exportation of naval stores; lord Granville's part of the Carolinas assigned to him in seve- ralty; American courts of vice admiralty, authorized to take cognizance of prize cases.
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CHAPTER III .- FROM 1744 TO 1752.
France declares war against Great Britain; the French of cape Breton take fort Canseau; unsuccessful attempt against Annapolis; meeting of the legislature at Newbern; fort John- ston, on Cape Fear river, built; the town of Brunswick esta- blished; capture of cape Breton; the pretender's unsuccessful attempt; meeting of the legislature at Newbern and Wilming- ton; the counties of Johnston and Granville established; militia regulated; right of representation rendered equal among the counties; superior court removed to Newbern, with the court of chancery; courts of oyer and terminer and nisi prius held at Edenton, Wilmington, and the county of Edgecombe; adherents to the pretender remove to the American provinces; several of them settle on Cape Fear river; provision made for a revision of the provincial laws; parliament continues the statutes for the encouragement of the manufacture of British sail cloth, and for allowing the exportation of rice from the Carolinas to the southern part of Europe; tea allowed to be imported into the American provinces, without paying the inland duty; the culture of indigo encouraged by a bounty; meeting of the N. CARO. II 51
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legislature at Edenton; fortifications directed at Ocracock, Topsail and Bear inlets; emission of paper money; fiscal regu- lations; new fee bill; exportation of raw hides forbidden; Tus- carora Indian lands marked off; king's rent roll; James Aber- crombie appointed agent of the province in England; peace of Aix la Chapelle; Spanish privateers come into Cape Fear river; two of them blown up; parliament authorizes the people called Unitas Fratrum, to settle in the American provinces; first printing press established in North Carolina; Nova Scotia settlements encouraged; meeting of the legislature in Newbern; revisal of the laws approved; certain statutes of the British parliament declared in force; provision for the relief of insoly- ent debtors; the counties of Duplin and Anson, and the town of Hawns, established; raw silk and bar and pig iron exempted . from duty by the British parliament on importation from the British American provinces; slit mills and iron furnaces strictly forbidden to be erected; the people called the Unitas Fratrum, purchase a large tract of land between Dan and Yadkin rivers from lord Granville; the legislature meet at Newbern; first in- spection laws; pilotage of Cape Fear river regulated; inland duty on wines and spirits from South Carolina; new style; ma- nufacture of pot and pearl ashes in the American provinces en- couraged; bounty on naval stores, masts, &c. continued; meet- ing of the legislature at Bath; improvement in the navigation of the principal rivers; the county of Orange and the town of Wimberly established; the first printed publication of the provincial laws; charter of the province of Georgia surrendered; governor Johnston dies.
CHAPTER IV .- FROM 1752 TO 1754.
President Rice; great storm; president Rowan; meeting of the legislature at Newbern; the county of Rowan and town of
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Portsmouth established; fort Granville built; encroachment of the French on the Ohio; lord Holderness's circular; orders of the French king to his governor in Canada; governor Din- widdie's letter to president Rowan, soliciting an aid of troops; meeting of the legislature at Wilmington; lower house insist on an emission of paper money; plan for a loan office; aid granted and paper money emitted; the county of Cumberland and the towns of Exeter and Gloucester established; forces sent to Virginia under colonel Innis; they return without any thing being effected; Albany plan of union.
CHAPTER V .- FROM 1754 TO 1760.
Governor Dobbs arrives at Newbern, with a number of can- non and firelocks; his speech at the tirst meeting of the legis lature; aid granted to the king; new judicial system; genera Braddock arrives in Virginia, with a strong force; his circular letter to the governors; his difficulties in procuring aid; gover- nor Dobbs attends him at Alexandria; plan of the campaign; the general marches towards Monongahela; is attacked, de- feated and killed; governor Dobbs visits the western frontier and the sea coast; meets the legislature at Newbern; fort Dobbs, in the county of Rowan, erected; Wachovia erected into a distinct parish; yellow fever; lord Loundon, the new commander in chief, arrives in Virginia; Oswego taken by the French; meeting of the legislature; aid granted; improvement of roads and inspection laws; the upper house, at the governor's recommendation, address the king for troops for the fortifica- tions; post continued; governor Glenn, of South Carolina. erects forts in the western country lately acquired from the Indians; force sent under captain Waddle to fort Loudon; governor Dobbs attends a meeting of the governors of the southern provinces at Philadelphia; plan of the next campaign;
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general Lyttleton, of South Carolina, applies for succoar- governor Dobbs convenes the legislature; succour granted, indemnification to the provinces of Virginia, North and South Carolina voted by parliament; meeting of the legislature at Newbern; aid granted; Indian affairs; gloomy prospect of the time; William Pitt's circular letter; Sir Jeffrey Amherst arrives at Halifax with troops; general Abercrombie, commander in chief; plan of the next campaign; the legislature meets at New- bern; aid granted; the town of Hertford established; the island of Cape Breton taken; fort Frontegnac; the legislature meets at Edenton; aid granted; the city of Tower Hill established as the seat of government; Halifax district and Nixonton esta- blished; fort Duquesne taken; the Indians fall on the back settlements of the southern provinces; riots in Edenton dis- trict; meeting of the legislature at Newbern; Niagara and Quebec taken; meeting of the legislature at Wilmington; new court system; altercation between the two houses; attempt to emit paper money; aid to the king; the county of Hertford established; navigation of Neuse and Pamplico rivers; the town of Hillsborough established; the assembly dissolved, governor Lyttleton, of South Carolina, marches against the Indians; new legislative body meet at Newbern; riots at Hills- borough; sheriff prevented from holding the poll; court system; lower house address the governor to pass the bill; his perplexi- ty; he consults the chief justice and attorney general, who ad- ยท vise him to give his assent; he addresses the lower house, and presses them to pass the aid bill first; the lower house form. themselves into a committee of secresy of the whole, and on its report pass a resolution disapproving the governor's conduct, and address the king; address the governor again; he rejects the bill; county courts established; clergy bill; the assembly is prorogued; meets again; superior court bill passed; the upper house amends the aid bill: the lower house complains; it passes
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both houses with a clause for an emission of paper money, and is rejected by the governor.
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CHAPTER VI .- FROM 1760 TO 1764.
The Cherokees fall on the back parts of South Carolina: force sent under captain Waddle to the relief of that province; the Creeks join in the war; governor Bull applies to governor Dobbs for help; the legislature convened at Wilmington; back- wardness of the lower house; aid and militia bill; distressed situation of fort Loudon; the garrison abandon it; success of the British arms in Canada; the legislature meets at Wilming- ton; difficulty in forming a house; election of members of assembly regulated; the county of Pitt and the town of Tar- borough; first lottery encouraged by legislative authority; aid bill rejected by the governor; legislature prorogued for one day; new session; expedient of the lower house in regard to the aid bill; the assembly dissolved; avowed motives of the dissolution; the governor's conduct censured at home; death of George II .; George III. proclaimed; new legislative body; contest about the agent; aid bill; colonel Greene sent to South Carolina; marches against the Cherokees; defeats them; freaty made with them; late court laws disallowed by the king; governor Dobbs censures lord Egremont's circular letter; new legislative body meets in Wilmington; the governor's speech; address of the lower house; legislature prorogued; second meeting; the house refuse an aid; anxiety occasioned by ac- counts of the repeal of the loan laws; legislature prorogued; third meeting; contest between the two houses; the lower house addresses the king; the assembly dissolved; the governor orders recruits to be raised; representation of the lords com- missioners of trade and plantations on lottery and agent bills; new legislative body convened at Newbern: new court system:
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contest between the two houses; clergy and road acts; the county of Mecklenberg and the towns of Kingston and Camp- bellton established; the two houses address the king for the repeal of the Tower Hill act; protest in the upper house; de- finitive treaty of peace; charter of the towns of Edenton, New- bern, Wilmington and Halifax; governors of the southern pro- vinces meet at Augusta for the settlement of Indian affairs; lord Egremont's circular letter on contraband trade; governor Dobbs goes to Augusta; president Hasell; Indian treaty; the governor returns; meets the assembly at Wilmington; contest between the houses; chart of the coast; culture of hemp en- couraged; militia act; the counties of Brunswick and Bute established; first school act; resolution of parliament on taxing the colonies; periodical publications first attempted; North Carolina Magazine; Wilmington Post Boy; lieutenant governor Tryon; legislature meets at Wilmington; letter of the speaker of the house of representatives of Massachusetts on the taxa- tion of the colonies; post office encouraged; account of paper money and treasury notes emitted; contest on the appoint- ment of a king's printer; governor takes his leave of the house, on his intended voyage to Europe; disturbances in Orange county; the governor dies.
CHAPTER VII .- FROM 1765 TO 1768.
Lieutenant governor Tryon takes the administration of gov- ernment; George Whitfield passes through the Carolinas; riots in Mecklenberg; legislature meets at Wilmington; post office; clergy law; first rumor of the stamp act; legislature prorogued; general consternation through the British provinces; dissolution of the [house of burgesses of Virginia; meetings of the peo- ple at Edenton, Newbern and Wilmington; disturbances in Orange; house of representatives of Massachusetts propose a
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meeting,of deputies from all the provinces, at New-York; pro- ceedings of people at Providence, Boston, Charlestown, in Connecticu., Rhode Island, New Jersey, Maryland; congress at New-York: proceedings in Virginia; North Carolina; asso- ciation in Philadelphia and New-York; lieutenant governor Tryon appointed governor; general Conway's circular letter; Indian affairs; stamps arrive in Cape Fear river; their landing prevented; duel at Wilmington; surviving party presented; his trial and acquittal; chief justice Berry shoots himself; stamp act repealed; first meeting of the people of Orange, at Mad- dock's mill; meeting on Deep river; second meeting at the mill; new legislative body meets at Newbern; contest between, the houses on the appointment of a treasurer; address to the throne; Presbyterian ministers permitted to marry; Tuscararo land; palace; Cherokee line; the legislature meets at New- bern; new court system; Hillsborough district established; house address the king for an emission of paper money; asso- ciation of the regulators; their committee waits on the gover- nor; association in Anson; proceedings of governor and coun- cil; governor proceeds to Hillsborough; his proclamation; sends the sheriff to collect the taxes; deputies of the regulators at- tack him; militia called; oath of allegiance; meeting of the council; regulators come in arms to the superior court; they retire; proclamation of pardon.
CHAPTER VIII .- FROM 1768 TO 1771.
The legislature meets at Newbern; letter of the speaker of the house of representatives of Massachusetts; treasury certi- ficates; inspectors' notes received for taxes; the county of Tryon established; lieutenant governor Mercer; assembly dis- solved; first disturbances in Orange; further proclamation of pardon; new legislature meets at Newbern; Indiana ffairs; cul-
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ture of raw silk; letter of the speaker of the house of burgesses of Virginia; resolution on the taxation of the colonies; address to the throne; assembly dissolved; disturbances in Orange ex- tend to other counties; superior court obstructed at Hills- borough; riots; charter of the town of Hillsborough; fortifica- tion of Newbern; the legislature meets there; Hermon Hus- band, one of the regulators, expelled from the house, imprisoned and bailed; riot act; chief justice's salary; the counties of \Vake, Guilford and Chatham established; execution law; post office; secretary's office removed to Newbern; fresh disturbances; council advises the governor to march against the regulators; their meeting in Rowan; court of oyer and termi- ner at Newton; governor Tryon marches at the head of an armed force; proceeds to Johnston court house; Wake county; Hillsborough; general Waddle compelled by the regulators to retreat; Haw and Alamance; battle; rout of the regulators; army marches to Sando creek; Jersey settlements; Bethabara; Reedy creek; joined by general Waddle; return to Hillsbo- rough; court of oyer and terminer; sentence; execution; army leaves Hillsborough; governor Tryon takes care of them, and proceeds to New-York.
CHAPTER IX .- FROM 1771 TO 1774.
President Hasel; governor Martin; the legislature meets in Newbern; oath of abjuration; South Carolina line; importation of salt from Portugal and Spain; address to the king; act of indemnification; town of Martinborough established; duty on wine and spirits; assembly dissolved; governor's proclamation; new legislature; act of pardon and oblivion; contest on the process of attachment; expenses of running the South Caro- lina line; pot and pearl ashes; house refuses to sit without a full quorum; assembly dissolved; great distress occasioned by the occlusion of courts; court of oyer and terminer; governors
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prohibited from issuing patents; court bill disallowed; governor authorized to assent to an attachment law on certain terms; the legislature meets at Newbern; Virginia resolutions; com- mittee of correspondence; duty on wines and liquors; mem- ber from Tarborough refused a seat; court bill, attachment clause; contest between the houses; committee appointed to address the king; legislature prorogued; new meeting; gover- nor rejects the superior court bill; lower house addresses the throne for leave to issue paper money; inferior courts; courts of oyer and terminer; counterfeited bills; malicious killing of a slave declared murder; the county of Martin established; duty on wines and liquors; Indian troubles; militia law; legis- lature prorogued; dissolved by prorogation; new orders in re- gard to patents; county meetings; provincial meeting proposed; governor's proclamation to forbid it; the deputies meet; the council's advice to the governor thereon; proceedings of the deputies.
CHAPTER X .- FROM 1774 TO 1776.
Continental congress; governor Martin goes to New-York; president Hasel; committees; governor Martin returns; Hen- derson's purchase; general meeting of deputies called; meet- ing of the legislature; of the deputies; governor's speech; address prepared by the lower house; proceedings of the de- puties approved by the lower house; assembly dissolved; reso- lution of the convention of deputies; governor fortifies the palace; sends emissaries towards Cross creek and the back counties; county and town committees; governor's letter to general Gage intercepted; he retreats to Cape Fear; negroes on Tar river rise; inhabitants of Wilmington march to fort Johnston, and set fire to the buildings; the committees at Wilmington and Newbern denounce the governor; his letter io L. H. de Rossett; continental congress ments: George N. CARO. II. 52
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Washington appointed commander in chief; emission of con- tinental money; resolution of congress in regard to North Carolina; fast ordered; congress rise; the ministers attempt to separate New-York and North Carolina from the colonies; proposal of causing the negroes to rise; provincial congress called at Hillsborough; governor Martin's proclamation; the congress meets; approve the association; subscribe a test; address the people; governor's proclamation directed to be burnt by the hangman; forces raised; plan of a general con- federation disapproved; paper money emitted; address to the people of Great Britain; provincial council; committee of . safety: town and county committees; premiums; provincial congress rises.
CHAPTER XI .- FROM 1775 TO 1776.
Meetings held in the county of Mecklenberg, to ascertain the sense of the people; orders issued to elect delegates; dele- gates elected; they meet at Charlotte on the day appointed; news of the action at Lexington, Mass. received; committee appointed to draw up resolutions; resolutions drawn up and submitted; the continental congress meets; Georgia sends delegates to that body; recommendation to New-York, North Carolina, Georgia and Delaware; supply of salt, corn and peas by North Carolina to Bermuda; emission of continental mo- ney; North Carolina allowed a restricted exportation of pro- duce; ministers sent to the back parts of North Carolina; meeting of the provincial council; disturbances in New Hano- ver; armed vessels; Scotch at Cross creek; general McDo- nald; lord Dunmore, in Virginia; Great bridge; royal standard , raised at Cross creek; colonels Moore, Caswell and Lillington; Rocky river; Moore's creek bridge; tories defeated; provincial council meets at Newbern; committee sent to South Carolina:
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continental emission of paper money; general Lee, provincial congress at Hillsborough; military arrangements; committee to Virginia; protection of the coast; paper money; continental delegates authorized to declare independence and form alliances; declaration published by the congress; general McDonald paroled; congress rise; British fleet arrives in Cape Fear river; lands troops; their ill success; return to the ships; the fleet sails for Charleston; tories on New river; the fleet leaves the coast of South Carolina; governor Tonyn's project; general Rutherford marches against, and chastises the Indians; congress declares the independence of the colonies; it is pro- claimed at Halifax.
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